sufjan stevens The Greatest Gift Mixtape (yellow vinyl LP, £18.95)

label: Asthmatic Kitty

‘The Greatest Gift’ is a mixtape of outtakes, remixes and demos from
Sufjan’s 2015 album ‘Carrie & Lowell’. This collection serves as a companion
piece to the ‘Carrie & Lowell Live’ album (and as an expansion to the original
album). In the same way the live show featured re-interpretations of the
songs from ‘Carrie & Lowell’, the mixtape unveils new remixes by several
longstanding collaborators including Roberto C. Lange (aka Helado Negro),
Thomas Bartlett (aka Doveman) and James McAlister (aka 900X). The album
also features Sufjan’s own remix of ‘Drawn To The Blood’.
 ‘The Greatest Gift’ features four previously unreleased new songs, ‘official’
outtakes from ‘Carrie & Lowell’ (they were recorded at the same time as the
album). These include ‘Wallowa Lake Monster’, ‘The Hidden River Of My
Life’, ‘City Of Roses’ and ‘The Greatest Gift’. This new material, in its
investigation of love, life, death, God and the beautiful state of Oregon,
serves as a contemplative companion to the original album.
 LP pressed on translucent yellow vinyl with digital download code.